Mgr Planning - CEN

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Date:
Oct 15, 2026

Location:

Chicago, IL, US, 60661

Company:
Amtrak

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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful  living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

The Manager, Work Planning (Central Division) is responsible for leading and managing initiatives that support work planning and resource coordination across Amtrak’s portfolio of Central Division maintenance and construction projects. This position is part of Amtrak’s IPRC group (Implementation, Planning, & Resource Coordination) within the Capital Delivery Department.

The IPRC Central Division representative is responsible for the intricate planning and coordination process for multi-discipline (Track, Communications & Signals, and Structures) track outages/curfews, commercial power outages that have the potential to impact railroad operations, and labor forecasting for major in-house maintenance and construction, major Capital Delivery projects, and third-party projects on the Chicago and Michigan Subdivisions of Amtrak’s Central Division.

• Develop and maintain a coordinated and comprehensive long-range track outage/curfew forecast that balances the needs of major project-driven projects, critical railroad maintenance, and third-party external projects, and ensure the forecast is incorporated into the appropriate Seasonal Service Plan(s).
• Lead the development of Amtrak labor support forecasts (in-house direct labor and/or support of third-party construction) for Life of Project. Assist the project teams with refining of their access plans for building on/around the active railroad.
• Collaborate with peers in other groups (Project Management, Construction Management, Transportation, Service Planning, Engineering System Offices, Capital Project Teams, Division Maintenance, etc) to develop a comprehensive outage/curfew and labor support plan based on projected Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Annual Grants (AG).
• Lead quarterly regional resource reviews with Senior Leadership.
• Support the SPORT (Service Planning and Outage Round Table) process for Central Division.
• Implement labor resource allocation guidelines in coordination with relevant internal departments and ensure adherence to guidelines in labor resource allocation decisions.
• Analyze challenges, problems, and process breakdowns to ensure that lessons learned are used to improve work planning and project delivery practices; identify efficiencies and present recommended improvement opportunities to various levels of management

• Bachelor’s degree required OR equivalent combination of training, education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Plus

• 7 years prior relevant experience required
• 9+ years of relevant experience preferred